Leon londinsky



L. LON DINSKY.

Sad-Iron Handle.

Patented June 2, 1857.

PETERS. Pvw. Wnhington. n.c

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

LEON LONDINSKY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO L. LONDINSKY AND A. E. BECKER.

HOLDER FOR SAD-IRONS, 8w.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 17,470, dated June 2, 1857.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Liio LONDINSKY, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Detachable Handle or Holder for Smoothing-Irons for Tailors, Hatters, and Laundry Use; and

I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists of a wooden handle or holderseparated in two parts, in the direction of its length, the sections being joined together by a spring hinge or other analogous means, and re tained in connection with each other by a catch or other fastening, which fits and is placed upon the handle of a smoothing iron, and is readily attached to or detached from the same, so that the iron when heated can be handled and used without communicating its heat to the hand of the person using it.

Figure 1 in the accompanying drawings is a perspective view of the handle or holder, showing it closed as when in use. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same, closed, taken through the center of its length and F 3 is a similar view of the saine, opened.

A, A are the two sections of the handlemade of any description of wood that may be preferred, of a length to fit the handle of the iron upon which it is to be used, and of an external diameter to fit the hand of the person operating the iron. It may be formed by being turned, in a turning lathe, from a single piece of wood and afterward divided into two pieces longitudinally, of from two separate pieces, fastened together while being turned. In the center of the handlein the direction of its lengthis formed an aperture which is fitted to the shape of the handle of the iron; one half the aperture being formed in each of the sections. The sections are connected together the spring-plates B, B, which serve both as hinges upon which they open and close, and as springs to hold and keep them apart, when opened.

C, C are guides or stops to govern the distance to which the bottom parts of the sections can move apart when opened. D a snap-spring attached toone section, which works in a catch-plate attached to the other section, for the purpose of holding the sections together and in contact with each other when they are closed together. E, E a shield attached to the lower side of the handle, for the purpose'of protecting the fingers, of the hand of the operator from the effects of the heat reflected from the body of the iron. It is made in two piecesone of which is attached to each of the sections as shown. Its operation is made so clear and apparent by the drawings and descrip tion that it requires but little explanation. The handle when opened, as shown in Fig. 3, is placed upon the handle of the iron and the sections of it are then brought together by clasping them within the hand, and are fastened by the snap-spring falling into the catch, as shown in Fig. 2. hen it requiresto be detached, the snap-spring is released from the catch by pressing it with one of the fingers, when the sect-ions are separated by the spring and it can then be readily removed.

As is well known, the handle of a smoothing ironin most of the processes of heating the irongets nearly as highly heated as the body of it, and in any event the heat of the body is transmitted to the handle to such a degree as to require the interposition of some non-conducting substance or material between the handle and the hand of the person operating the iron. At present a holder of some kind of cloth is generally used, but it does not efiect the purpose as perfectly as desirable on account of the cloth being. a conductor of heat in a low degree, and from its being liable to be set on fire by the heat of the handle or body, while it is inelegant in appearance and unhandy to use. The detachable handle or holder here described effects the purpose in an admirable manner from its being made of wood, which is essentially a perfect nonconductor of heat, by which the hand of the operator is perfectly shielded both from the transmitted heat of the handle and the reflected heat from the body of the iron, while it is always ready for use and is cheap and inexpensive in its construction.

I do not confine myself to the' particular form and shape of the handle presented in the drawings, as the same can be varied to suit the fancy or wants of the maker or user of it nor to the plans presented for hinging, springing or fastening the same, as other plans can be used equally well to effect the same purposesnor to the use and attachment of the shield E, E, as the handle batters, and laundry use, constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth. I

LEON LONDINSKY. Witnesses:

AUGUST KNAPP, FRANCIS S. Low. 

